Elizabeth "Liz" Egan Gillies (born July 26th, 1993, age 20) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Jade West in Victorious. In an interview, Liz says she is "really funny" and that she "makes up characters" who she might pretend to be while conversing with someone. She also says she is "very weird". Her co-actress and best friend Ariana Grande also noted that Liz loves photography, and is frequently taking photographs of herself and everyone on the set.